Manco Capac II

Manco Capac II (1516-1544), also known as Manco Inca Yupanqui, was the Sapa Inca from 1533 to 1544, succeeding Tupac Huallpa and preceding Sayri Tupac. He was initially a Spanish puppet, but, in 1537, he launched a powerful rebellion against Spanish rule which continued even after his death in 1544.

Biography
Manco Inca Yupanqui was one of the sons of Huayna Capac and a younger brother of Huascar, and, in 1533, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro crowned Manco as the puppet ruler of the Inca Empire. However, Pizarro's brothers Gonzalo Pizarro and Juan Pizzaro mistreated Manco, who attempted to escape in 1535. He was captured and imprisoned, but Hernando Pizarro released him to find a golden idol for him. Accompanied by only two Spaniards, Manco succeeded in escaping, gathering an army of 200,000 Inca warriors and besieging Cuzco in early 1536. After a ten months' siege, Manco retreated to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, from which he repelled Spanish attacks. He coordinated his sieges of Cuzco and Lima, repelling four relief expeditions and killing nearly 500 Spanish soldiers. That same year, he abandoned Ollantaytambo and the highlands of the empire and retreated to the remote jungles of Vilcabamba, where he founded the Neo-Inca State (which would exist until Tupac Amaru's death in 1572). He continued to resist the Spanish until he was finally defeated, and his sister-wife was captured and brutally murdered in 1539. In 1544, he was murdered by Diego de Almagro's supporters, who were then killed by Manco's soldiers.